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Public Image Ltd.

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Group. Formed 1978. Disbanded 1993.

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Biography

Public Image Ltd. (PiL) are an English musical group formed in 1978 by vocalist John Lydon, guitarist Keith Levene, and bassist Jah Wobble.

Rising from the ashes of the pivotal punk rock group the Sex Pistols, PiL branched out to a more experimentalist sound, and early work is often regarded as some of the most challenging and innovative music of post-punk period: the NME described PiL as "[a]rguably the first post-rock group." Their later music would be somewhat more conventional, and though PiL has been inactive since 1992, Lydon (the band's only constant member) considers the group "on hiatus" rather than broken up.

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Albums releases

Release title Release date
That What Is Not 1992
9 1989
Happy? 1987
Compact Disc 1985
This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get 1984
 

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  1. Public Image
    BBC 6 Music | Weekend Breakfast 22/11/2009
     
  2. Don'T Ask Me
    BBC 6 Music | Steve Lamacq 19/11/2009
     
  3. Pop Tones
    BBC 6 Music | Gideon Coe 12/11/2009
     
  4. Memories
    BBC 6 Music | Gideon Coe 12/11/2009
     
  5. Socialist
    BBC 6 Music | Gideon Coe 12/11/2009
     

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